firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 11hHannan has been spectacularly wrong about everything. This pronouncement pretty much ensures that we will rejoin 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 30/09/2026'betrays Brexit' - how can you betray a provenly stupid idea? 1211
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@iandunt.bsky.social needs your help if he hasn't asked already 100
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They're all aiming at the triple lock for now 110
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@explaintrade.com is your man 130
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We get what is imposed on us by the electoral system 100
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There’s definitely an ideology at work in this: neoliberalism 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What he meant was 'no one in my administration cared enough to do anything about it, as they were all doing the same' 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Miliband at least is finally saying some of the right things about Gaza, but joining the dots to proscribing 'terrorist' organisations doesn't yet seem to have happened. But at least acknowledging the problems is a step towards perhaps fixing some of them 141
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Beyond communicating, he also has to do this 170
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Thanks for your opinionated answer. But how can you know? Or do you just not want to believe that Reform light still be a force by then? 100
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A sop to those who were gulled by the spivs, liars and fantasists, but can’t quite admit it to themselves 050
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Expect a lot of bluster about sovereignty and betrayal, as there is no evidence they can summon to show that Brexit isn’t a failure 020
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 29/09/2026At the next general election it might be 110
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Even if it could be comprehensively disproved, the Japanese knotweed of ‘legitimate concerns’ is so thoroughly entangled in the media narrative that it would take years to root out 071
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Interesting to note that the only way they can attribute 'success' to Labour policy is to frame it in the context of creating a different problem, without, of course, reflecting their own role in calling for that success. 031
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trumpian distraction tactics 010
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Wilful, stubborn ignorance seems to be a defining characteristic of our times. In the age of ubiquitous smartphones and internet connectivity, it takes a special effort not to find out 010
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 27/09/2026People like Tice and Farage broke Britain 0101
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 27/09/2026What kind of ‘philanthropist’ puts his wealth acquisition ahead of children’s health? 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Same in UK now with Union and St George's flags 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It as well over half the media class that urged the fool on us 010
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I had a model kit of the Moon Bus. I recall it had fantastic interior detail 010
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026whereas now you've given him a state dinner and sucked his knob 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026please start by not showing us their faces now 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The "we didn't have ADHD in my day, it's all a load of woke tosh" generation is perhaps already the lost one, sucking on its triple-lock pension teat 081
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firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026or for being a right wing bigot, but there you go 010
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is how 'journalism' is done at @telegraph.co.uk these days 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026too much of the legacy media is either Reform-friendly or simply uncritical enough to platform whatever nonsense Farage and Tice come out with. And most social media is overrun by trolls and bot farms, many run by hostile foreign actors 020
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026repeating the lies enough that they become accepted as truth 110
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I don't want 'my news, my way' (looking at you @theguardian.com). I want THE news, YOUR way, and if I don't like your curation I will look elsewhere. The rest of the thread seems sound too. 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is what advertising and algorithms do: "it's all about YOU" From "your next train to London" to "your news, your way", it's all bollocks. It's not all about you. It's not your train. If you want any grasp of the world, you have to first realise that you are not the centre of it. 0156
Reposted by @firstprinciples.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776172119
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Jesus teaching 'Tommo' the error of his ways and setting him on the path to repentance? 010
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He doesn't have the balls to say these things to their faces 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Crypto-friendly legislation They can probably expect a 10x ROI at least 3130
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There's much to dislike about Blair but there's more wrong with Moore 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Strictly, we don't vote for the PM (unless the party leader is also your prospective MP) but of course people do think that way. One of the failings of our system, though presidential systems can also produce bad outcomes. 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Trump may have wangled personal immunity via SCOTUS but the rest of his crew haven't. Maybe if it were explained to them how well the Nuremberg defence actually worked they'd start to act while they have time? 010
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 25/09/2026From The Secret Diary of Donald Trump, aged 9 3/4 010
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The first three, certainly. I'm not sure Netanyahu's ambitions extend beyond domination of the local middle East and staying out of jail beyond Israel's next election 010
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Maybe they've convinced themselves that they have enough base level support – no matter what scandals emerge – to win under FPTP and so are doubling down? 010
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I was thinking more of what Putin might be weighing but those are very valid concerns 120
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Putin must be aware that there's a strong possibility that Trump will have his wings clipped at the mid-terms, and while that doesn't mean the US would behave any better in an Art 5 event, Trump may also be prevented from indulging his worst instincts (i.e. to do whatever Putin tells him to) 110
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Seems like a convenient label for the rest of the world to apply to 'the group that isn't fucking things up for us quite as badly as the other lot' 000
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's really only its political news reporting that's gone downhill as a result of Tory intervention. If it goes, we won't get anything half as good in its place. Just look at the enshittification of the streaming services, for example. 101
firstprinciples.bsky.social @firstprinciples.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Can't help but feel that the UK's billionaire-owned press is largely responsible for our malaise, and a major obstacle to curing it, though outside interference from both Russia and the US doesn't help 150
